Vending-machine.



J. J. SHIPLEY.

VENDING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 19,1913.

1 3; 1 5,599 Patented Nov. 3, 1914.

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J. J. SHIPLEY.

VENDING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 19,1913.

1,1 15,599, Patented Nov. 3,1914.

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1 b all whom it may; (1071 66TH Be it known that i, Josnrn J. SHIPLEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Washington, District of (lolumbia, have invented certain new and useful improvements in fendin chines, of whichthe following is a specification.

The invention generally" to vending-machines, but more par icularly to machines for vending; newspapers, periodicals, magazines. and similar articles; and it has for its prinoipal object'to provide a device by which a person, upon. the deposit of a proper coin, may obtain the desired article.

A further object of the invention is to simplify and cheapen the cost of construction of the several mechanisms for accomplishing the delivery of the article for which the proper coin has been deposited.

The invention consists in providing a suitable container for the articles to be vended,

locking and Unlocking a delivery slide, and

for delivering the article.

" end of the lower The invention further consists in the general arrangement and combination of the several mechanisms, will be hereinafter fully described in this specification and briefly stated in the claims. I,

In the drawings-Figure l is a central, longitudinal section of my improved newspaper vending machine; Fig. 2, a side elevation of the locking and unlockingmechanisrn, the full lines showing the parts in locked position, and the dotted lines showing them in unlocked position; Fig. 3 a horizontal section on line 3-3 of Fig. 2; Fig. 4, an enlarged view of the operating mechanism and a portion of the casing, and Fig. 5 a vertical section on line 5-5 of Fig. 4. v

Referring to the several views, the numeral 1 indicates a casing constructed of any suitable material, preferably sheet steel stamped out. Each inner side wall, near.

the bottom, is provided with a groove 2, and slidable in said groove is a slide 3 upon which the articles to be vendedare placed, said slide having its rear end provided with slots into which extend stops i, arranged upon the bottom oi": casing to support the ends of the papers, or other articles. The rear end of the slide, between the stops, is provided with a. vertically adjustable,

right angle plate, for engaging the rear ooze resting upon the Specification of Letters Patent.

. Patented Nov. 3, 1914. Application filed fieptcniher 1B, 1913. Serial No. 790,660.

slide, and carry it forward as said slide isedrawniout, the angle plate being adjusted by the set-screw 6. The forward end of the slide projects through a transverse, horizontal slot or opening 7 in the front end of the casing, and is provided with a handhold 7, an adjustable plate 8 being arranged above the opening, so as to narrow or widen the opening, according to the thickness of the article to be *vended.

Attached to the slide,-at one side thereof,

is a slotted locking-plate 9, the front end of the slot inclines downwardlyand terminates in a "erticalfslot 1'0. Projecting through a slightly "curved slot 11 the side wall of the casing. near the vertical slot 10, is a through a slot 1% in a partition 16, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 3 and by full lines Fig. 5, and pivoted on said lever is a tiltingeoin plate 17. Hinged to the partition'l6, directly above the hoin-plate is an interceptor 18 for intercepting the deposited coin.

The interceptor is provided with a short arm 19 which passes through a slot 20111 the partition 16, and to said arm is attacheda coun- ,terbalance 21, (provided with aslot or 100p '22 through which the locking-lever passes, 5 the slot or loop being of a length sufiicient to limit the distance the interceptor will be permitted to drop or tilt to allow the cointo be dropped upon the coin-plate 17. ;Ar-

ranged on the lockingdever is a counterbalance 23 capable ofbemg adjusted thereon so as to be overcome by the weightof the rope! coin, whether it besa penny, a niphe .zon a,

dime. '3

Thekoin-actuating mechanism 'is inclosed in asuitable casing 24, in which is provided a coin-chute 25, .in' the top ofwhich "is an orifice 26 for the reception of the coin. The casing is 'alsoprovided with a coin-compartment 27' for the reception-of the deposited coins, and is provided with a door- 28' for 2.0-

case tothe comeoompartment, the door being}; provided with'a suitable look.

n operation, 'thearticles to be vendedin the present instance, newsp apers-.-are' placed within the casing uponthe'slide, and a suitable follower not shown, isplaced thereon tofaoilitatethe delivery of thearti ole. The proper coin being dropped through the orifipe, falls ,npon'the interceptor, an};

overcoming the counterbalance 21, drops upon the coinplate; the weight of the coin (lQPIuSSGS the forward end of the lockinglever, raising the locking-stud 12 out of locking-engagement with the slot 10 of said locking-plate, setting the slide free to 'be pulled out. As the slide is being pulled out the locking-stud is caused to ride upthe lower ed e of the downwardly-inclined extension ot the slot 10, and further raise the inner or rear end of the locking-lever, and further depress its forward end carrying the coin-plate, which action causes the rear end of said coin-plate to ride upon a wire 29 extending beneath the coin-plate, as the slide is drawn out, and drop the coin into the coin-compartment, the tilting movement of the coin-plate being limited by a pin 30, as clearly shown in Fig. 4. This further or extended movement of the locking-lever resets the interceptor 18, so that if the next purchaser should drop in a coin while the slide is in drop onto the coin-plate, as the locking-lever, being at the lower end of the slot 22 of the counterbalance, will hold the interceptor in its reset position, and by pushing in the slide the purchaser will obtain his paper, as the coin will then fall upon the coin-plate and cause the disengagement of the locking-stud from the locking-slot 10, as hereinbefore described. By pivoting the coin-plate on the end of the locking-lever and arranging the wire 29 beneath the rear end of the coin-plate so as to cause said coinplate to tilt quickly, the downward or tilting movement of the locking-lever is greatly shortened and this constitutes an important feature of my invention.

Various modifications in the detailed construction of the various parts of the coin-actuating mechanism may be made without departing from the s irit of my invention or sacrificing the principle thereof, such, for instance, as making the rails on the slide instead of on the side walls of the casing, and the grooves in the side-walls,

Having thus fully described invention, what I claim is 1. A vendingmachine having in combination, a. movable slide upon which the vendible articles are placed, a slotted lockingplate carried by the slide, a pivoted lockmy said its out-position, the coin will not ing-lever carrying a pivoted coin-plate, a hinged coin interceptor situated above the coin-plate, and means connected with the locking lever for resetting the intercepter.

2. A vending-machine having in combina tion, a movable slide upon which the vendible articles are placed, a locking-plate provided with straight slot terminating in an inclined and vertical slot, a pivoted locking lever having a lug adapted to enter the vertical slot, 21 coin-plate pivoted on the locking-lever, means for quickening the tilting action of the coin plate, an intercepter hinged above the coin-plate, and a connect on between the intercepter and lockinglcrcr, whereby the interceptor is reset.

3. A vendingunachine having in combination, a movable slide provided with a slotted locking-plate, a pivoted locking-lever arranged to lock the slide until the proper coin has been deposited, at coin-plate pivoted on the locking-lever, a coin-interceptor, and a counterbalance loosely connecting said locking lever with said intercepter for resetting the intcrcepter.

4. A,vendin machine having in combination, movablla slide provided with a slotted locking-plate, a pivoted locking-lever arranged to lock the slide until the proper coin is deposited, a coin-plate pivoted on the locking-lever, a wire arranged below said locking-lever so as to quicken the tiltingaction of the same, a coin-interceptor, and a slotted counterbalance loosely connecting the locking-lever with said interceptor, whereby the latter is reset.

A vending machine having in combination, a movable slide provided with a slotted locl ing-plate, a pivoted locking-lever, a coin-plate pivoted on the locking-lever. a coin-intercepter situated above the coinplate, a connection between the intercepter and coin-plate for resetting the interceptor, and means for quickening the tilting action of the coin-plate independent of the movement of the locking-lever.

. In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH J. SHIPLEY.

Witnesses J. R. NOTTINGHAM, CHARLES LOWETL HOWARD. 

